Predictors for Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients Referred to Radiation Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Center Cross-Section Survey

• DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.650766
• Publication Date: 2021-07-26T14:41:17Z
• Authors: Jinrong Xie; Weixiang Qi; Lu Cao; Yuting Tan; Jin Huang; Xiaodong Gu; Bingguang Chen; Peipei Shen; Yutian Zhao; Ying Zhang; Qingwen Zhao; Hecheng Huang; Yubin Wang; Haicheng Fang; Zhenjun Jin; Hui Li; Xuehong Zhao; Xiaofang Qian; Feifei Xu; Dan Ou; Shubei Wang; Cheng Xu; Min Li; Zefei Jiang; Yu Wang; Xiaobo Huang; Jiayi Chen
• Keywords: Pandemic; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Center (category theory)

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted on radiotherapy (RT) strategy for breast cancer patients, which might lead to increased distressing psychological symptoms. We performed a multi-center cross-section survey investigate prevalence fear recurrence (FCR) and predictors FCR in patients referred RT during pandemic.